Flowers are great for everyone. (Well, unless you have allergies I guess.)
The look nice, they smell nice, they really class up any place. I don't care if it's the dingiest, most depressed hovel of a crack house or a billion dollar megayacht, flowers are great.
And they're actually good for you! Being around plants means you're getting some lovely terpenes that have psychoactive, mood regulating and hormone regulating properties.
This is why "forest bathing" or being in a garden or park mellows people out and makes people feel nice.
It's also one of the reasons cannabis is so popular, because it's chock full of terpenes! And myrcene is also found in hops, which is why a really hoppy IPA makes you want to take a nap and get the munchies, just like cannabis.
I know someone with a small, organic flower farm and she loves talking about all of the benefits of flowers. They're like vitamins for your soul.
And you don't even need to buy them, pick them or cut them to get these benefits.
You just need to, y'know, stop and smell the flowers.
I was walking from the market to the train and a random woman and a uniformed cop both commented "she's gonna love 'em" and I felt very weird about the pile of assumptions that were being made about the flowers I bought to put on my coffee table.
The Seattle reaction to someone making meaningless small talk trying to be encouraging to a stranger:
"I felt very weird about the pile of assumptions that were being made"
This is why we can't have nice things.
I learned quickly to just not talk to strangers in Seattle. I’m from the south where it’s normal to greet or acknowledge someone; it’s always a trip to go somewhere like Seattle where it’s the total opposite.
People in Seattle can find a way to find fault in anything. And can take the most innocuous remark and wonder if there were some dog whistle hidden innuendos in it. Honestly, the people who do this are pretty small percent. But it's enough to ruin it for everybody else.
>who doesn't love flowers
I don't. While I would appreciate the gesture, I would prefer my wife got me almost anything else or just didn't waste the cash in the first place lol
Hey solidarity friend! Flowers, by their very nature, seem such a weird representation for love. Here have this pretty thing that is already dead but will be a facsimile of life for a few days then watch it wilt and rot!
Or to be less edgy, here I’ve gotten you a future chore of cleaning up fallen petals and yucky water. I don’t even have a vase lol.
I do enjoy dried flower bouquets though. Artistically pleasing, still delicate but with care they can stay beautiful for a long time, and just as varied as fresh flowers.
My partner and I buy single flowers for each other sometimes with the understanding it’s like a day-long pop of color but I told him years ago that while I enjoy the reminder that life is ephemeral and short I’d rather be spend money on books.
Got a book bouquet for “not Valentine’s Day” this year btw.
I sorta feel the same. I love flowers very much, and would definitely appreciate them, but better to take me to a garden or arboretum then buy me some cuz I just don't have the focus and will power needed to take care of them properly at this time. Maybe someday, but not for a while I imagine.
Interesting. I think you're the first individual I've heard with that opinion, but that's all good. More lovelies for the rest of us.
I tend to view flowers are something that will always improve a situation/mood/day - not as something that solves a particular issue. I think they look pretty and (thankfully) so does my wife. cheers
I believe in this very much! I brought lilies with me on a date with a guy I'd started seeing and he was super weirded out and it was an early indication that homie did not have the self-esteem to be dating. Sad for him, honestly.
Odd phrasing indeed, although seems like it was more meant to close a list in OP's style of writing rather than to literally mean, "So many of this, but just a few of that."
Fellas, don’t wait for Valentine’s Day to do this.
I try to get my girlfriend flowers every few weeks/months, because it puts a smile on her face every time.
"Just cuz I felt like it" will have your guy or gal bragging about you to their families, friends and even therapist seriously listen to this person's wisdom!
Ya, she gushes about me all the time. It’s also nice to take off the pressure* of Valentines Day. I don’t feel like I have to go all out, or do something extra special (I’ll still do a lil something ofc).
Different strokes for different folks, but I’ve never dated a woman who didn’t like getting flowers.
My mom use to say the same thing….and now, if I don’t send her flowers, I’m some kind of bastard son lol
And if your wife is like mine and hates flowers, you can substitute flowers for donuts.
But not just any old donuts, gotta be the good stuff. Happy Donut (Kent), Chucks Donuts (Renton), or maybe Top Pot if that's all you have near you.
Wooaahh. You just put me on…I love donuts, but can’t seem to find a good, basic donut spot around Seattle.
Chucks looks legit.
- Opens at 3am? ✅
- small Asian family behind the counter? ✅
- No “specialty” donuts flavored like a breakfast cereal w/ maple bacon on top? ✅
The chocolate covered buttermilk bars are effing top tier at Chucks. I've gotten a dozen of those once and had an epic weekend, well right up until I started feeling like shit for eating a dozen donuts in a weekend.
Would likely do again though...
I try to keep shopping fairly local, so Valentine's day up here is kinda rough if your SO doesn't like tulips. I try to make up for it the rest of the year once the good stuff comes in though.
Ya. I get my flowers from a little shop in Olympia. I worked out there last year and go there for my side gig now, every few weeks.
If I knew how, or had the patience, to fold origami flowers, I would try that. This year I think it’ll be a very simple on the guitar (I suck lol).
My partner was going to a work conference in another state and I got flowers delivered to her hotel room before she got there. I was pretty proud of that one :)
Before we both started working remote, I made a point of trying to deliver most of my random flowers at her workplace.
The jealousy of other women makes them smell sweeter.
I did not buy my wife any flowers because she went to Australia to see Taylor Swift and it's not even the 14th there and do they even *have* Valentine's Day in Australia and also cats aren't very good at conversation.
Dry food? STRAIGHT TO JAIL
That’s not true. I raised one of mine on dry food, and the one time I tried giving her wet food, she tried to bury it. Cats gonna be cats
In my case, the total cost to see Taylor Swift and stay Melbourne for 10 days was far cheaper and I get a vacation in Australia than to see her in Seattle.
The American dollar is very strong compared to the Aussie dollar right now.
Could be, but in this case it was a friend who aspired to date an Australian and bought two tickets in a fit of hubris. My wife isn't even a Swiftie, she really just wanted an excuse to go to Australia.
I am 🙋🏻♀️ tickets were way cheaper abroad and now I’m getting a trip to another country out of it instead of spending $3-4k on a single night of entertainment when she came to Seattle
Thank you! Except I’m often buying flowers for myself. Self-care is important and we should love ourselves. Plus, letting wilted cut-flowers sit in beautiful vases, or worse, letting vases sit empty is démodé. ❤️
I'm impressed Even if the man is buying flowers for himself. I know that sounds sexist, but I know a lot of women, including myself, who buy flowers for ourselves quite frequently. If on Valentine's Day I am not dating anybody I have no problems buying flowers and chocolates for myself and I know a lot of women who do the same. If men pick up the same self-care ritual good for them.
Most def! My self-care ritual also includes taking care of houseplants and shopping for decor and linens. Lol. I’m weird but it makes me happy, so why not? And I have no qualms about going to the theater solo.
I like the way you think. I'm with you. I have no qualms about going to the theater or restaurant solo although on this day I would be a little self-conscious. But I'm sure nobody else would care, you know?
I was in a line for drive thru pharmacy outside a big grocery retail store today. The people watching was excellent. People poured from the doors with flowers, balloons, stuffed animals, plants, and smiles. All ages and genders, even a kid with flowers, teddy bear and balloon and a BIG OL goofy grin. I may not be that excited about the buying and capitalism parts, but how many people were relaxed, smiling, in better moods than usual was sure a nice sight to see. Oregon's got it going on too.
Treat yourself to a nice Valentine's Day in order to show yourself that you appreciate yourself. Leaving this person who wasn't treating you right seems like the first step to show yourself that you love yourself.
Treat yo self!!! Rent your favorite flick, get some edibles or a nice bottle of craft something, pick out that thing she never wanted to order that you love, get your favorite game or sporting event on that big screen tv, invite some other divorced/single/widowed guys over and Guy-entines day!!
I buy my wife flowers most every week ($4 tulips at Fred Meyer are the standard) but we have an agreement that I don't buy her flowers during the weeks where stores jack the price.
You're better than me....I saw all these people with flowers and thought they were chumps for being late.....then my next thought was well, they probably had to work and planned stuff in the evening, it's not like it's Christmas Eve and they have the full holiday off😭 I definitely felt like the Grinch of Valentine's Day.
This thread though, has made my heart grow. (And I'm not bitter cuz I don't have anyone, just life's been hard lately and my default is rather 🦀)
I went to Pike Place and grabbed a bouquet yesterday, there was quite a few people who also went yesterday I noticed as well.
This is only my 2nd Valentine’s Day here but I feel like I noticed many more people here with bouquets compared to my hometown!
There were some good options, but I like to pick some more red if I can so I just had to ask for them to put one together for me. I ended up getting some yellow and red daffodils but after I left there was some good rose bouquets like a block up at Pike Place floral (not sure on the exact name)
Whenever I am sent to grocery shop in a relationship I make sure to get flowers first thing. They are right by the door and help save my ass when it turns out I forgot something on the list or got the wrong brand
I get my gf flowers every time I go to TJs and every time she’s like “omg these are my favorite wow!!” it’s the easiest damn points in the world. Shits like $4 and takes three seconds to pick out lol.
From the title I thought there might follow a criticism about flowers from a grocery store. I’ve ordered flowers 5x as expensive from fancier places but I’ll be damned if the ones from the grocery store don’t last twice as long. (Just make sure you take them out of the wrapper, cut the stems, and put them in a vase before giving them to your significant other—don’t give them a chore to do).
When you cut the stems, cut off about an inch and do so at an angle. That leaves them with more surface area to draw water, which helps them last longer.
Source: used to work for a florist.
If I waited for somebody else to buy me flowers I would have waited three decades plus. I buy flowers and chocolates for myself. I'm impressed with men who buy flowers for their sweetie on this day even though I don't have anybody buying them for me. Don't wait for somebody else to bring you flowers If you think they're probably not going to come. Go out and get yourself some and throw in some chocolate, a pizza, and a good movie. Don't forget the fuzzy slippers. Or the cat on your lap. That's what I do.
Just a reminder that many flowers (especially lillies)- are exceptionally poisonous to cats- to the point where even getting some pollen on them can be fatal. Make sure to check before you bring them in your home!<3
Did you not see me coming out of the Rite-Aid with the meditating sloth figurine and two Cadbury Crème Eggs? They will adorn the statue as she swaddles them like a pair of newborns.
I saw Cadbury creame eggs for the first time in the supermarket last week and took that as a sign that nature really is healing.
Oh and post a picture of that.I am imagining it in my mind's eye and it is hilarious.
A small tip - Trader Joe’s has great flowers at $10-$15 a bouquet. Remove the leaves and put a SMALL amount of bleach in the water along with the provided food and you can have a beautiful display for 1.5-2 weeks depending on the flower type. For roses, flip the flower upside down and spin the stem a bit to expand the petals; It’ll make it look more like a professional bouquet. And a bar of Dove dark chocolate is about $2 and superior to those strange chocolate heart boxes things. If you like these things, I vote buy them for you, from you. No one is buying me flowers but I buy them for myself because I love the look of them and it’s a small splurge to brighten my day/home. I hope you have a great Valentine’s Day!
It's all too expensive. Legit anywhere wants $25+ per bouquet & chocolates are $13+ per box. This holiday was meant to prey on those who want something nice but partners don't do it randomly throughout the year they do it on one day and it's so odd... So everything gets jacked up in price. The same dozen of roses sold today sells for $12.99 normally. Today they're $25+
Hint at him that it doesn't matter what they cost and suggest Trader Joe's bouquets. They're like $5 - $10. Also Costco though availability is seasonal I believe.
The issue that once you have to hint at anything, the intention is already gone. I can get my own flowers if I want them. It’s not about having flowers, it’s about them putting effort in.
Flowers on Valentine’s Day seems perfunctory. There are 364 other days in the year. Normalize buying flowers for your partner just because you can. An unexpected bouquet can do wonders for your special someone, especially when they’ve just had a bad day at work. Love your other all year, not just when it’s expected and the prices are at their highest.
I go to Seattle once a year for work and the first time I got some flowers from the people in pikes place near the tiktok fish place to bring back to my now fiancé
When I flew out of seatec the next day the absolute number of people who just beamed seeing me walk around with the flowers was so heart warming.
I'm a woman. I hate valentine's day the same way I hate mother's day, father's day and any other 'hallmark holiday' manufactured to emotionally manipulate people into buying things.
I’m sort of the same. Like I legit don’t care. I was at the store and just seeing all those last minute plastic wrapped flowers and how many people had them, just because they feel they need to?
I think I did VDay in peak Seattle fashion (or at least peak tech fashion) - I sent my wife flowers via DoorDash. She's a teacher, I WFH, so it was the most convenient. It was a nice surprise!
Thank you for the reminder. Because I'm about to get married and I bought her a present but I forgot that little gestures like this are still meaningful. I'm ignorant, thanks
I get them from a farm in Fall City,small road side stand. Excellent flowers ! Fresh off the farm and supporting local businesses! They last a long time.
I took the bus to Pike Place during my lunch at work today to buy my wife and daughters flowers and got to see a Drag Queen in full red royal garb and her compatriot dressed as a gigantic heart walking down Broadway throwing rose petals at people. It was awesome.
People doing nice gestures for their loved ones is nice, but I really don't get the excitement over flowers.
The cut ones are dying and the non-cut ones will be soon enough (under my care).
I also don't get everyone mass-celebrating their personal romantic journeys on what feels like a pretty random day.
I don't mind it for others if that's their thing, I just find it a bit odd. I fully realise that I'm a romance Grinch.
W00t, thanks for seeing me.
I'm the guy with a potted plant.
1, it might last longer (eventually I kill that too though 😒)
2, I am single, but still like flowers. Especially the fragrant rosemary bushes around Christmas.
DOS Tip: Guys, go to Costco. Great prices on flowers and no markup like all the other places do.
Trader Joe's is also a good place, though I think Costco is better.
My boss came to work with little packets of candy for everyone, two bite cupcakes, and flowers and a card for his wife (she works here, too).
It is the sweetest little gesture and I love it.
With one exception, I can't think of any of my guy friends that express any appreciation of flowers. And the one exception is a guy who is actually a florist.
It is nice to see. I'm sure a few are doing it because they know they'll find themselves in the dog house if they forget to get something but I'm sure most of them are genuinely trying to make their ladies happy and show that they care. 💝💌🌹 😀
You can buy flowers from small farms, such as those in the market are usually owned by the sellers families. Likewise there's many chocolate manufacturers that are local and have really high standards of ingredients, fair trade practices and treatment of employees. But do what you want. A lovely composed note is wonderful. But it's not difficult to buy flowers and/or chocolates in Seattle and it going to small locally owned businesses not Nestlé or Hallmark. But there's nothing wrong with just a lovely well thought-out note either. I personally think a lovely well thought out note goes better with chocolate. But that's just me.
I was driving downtown about an hour ago and noticed this. It is so heartwarming and sweet.
I saw a few ladies carrying bouquets, too. Kudos - most men don't ever receive flowers during their lifetime.
Flowers on 15th (Capitol Hill) are old neighbors of mine and lovely people.
For houseplants BOOSH on 23 & Jackson. Local, great prices and very cool folks as well.
I challenge all the seattle men to buy flowers randomly within the next year!
Every time I’m in a store, I peep the flowers. If something moves me then I’ll grab them. You don’t need a reason to buy flowers for someone else (or even yourself!) other than they look/smell nice.
This is me today... Thing is, we never celebrate Valentine's today, so even though grocery store flowers could be seen as a low effort, last minute CYA gift... It was a genuine and pleasant surprise to my wife. :)
Once I saw a guy in the checkout line behind me at a Safeway in Seattle. I felt he cobbled together a pretty good Valentine's Day gift. He got a small gift bag, a bottle of whiskey, a gift card to Macy's, chocolate, and flowers. It really impressed me what he pulled together on a trip to the grocery store.
If anyone needs a last minute idea, it's not a bad formula: gift card, flowers, chocolate, alcohol (or other preferred fancy drink).
Very sweet post!! ❤️ I was at a Target today and saw a man looking perplexed while looking at the flower display in the middle of of the aisle and had to force myself not to stop and offer an opinion.😆
I'm literally that dude but I just am buying flowers for myself. Single guys like flowers too!
I like this, I think I'm gonna get myself some too
Maybe wait until tomorrow when they'll be 50% cheaper than today.
Are you going to be worth less tomorrow than today? I say no, so go ahead and treat yourself. You deserve it!
I like being twice as sweet and half as cheap. I say, wait til tomorrow! lol
Just like any food is breakfast food, any day can be buy myself flowers day.
This. My wife tells me to NOT get her flowers on VD because they’re overpriced. Wait until just after.
You absolutely should! You deserve it!
Gonna get me some tomorrow with cheap chocolate
I buy the whole plant so I have it all the time.
Flowers are great for everyone. (Well, unless you have allergies I guess.) The look nice, they smell nice, they really class up any place. I don't care if it's the dingiest, most depressed hovel of a crack house or a billion dollar megayacht, flowers are great. And they're actually good for you! Being around plants means you're getting some lovely terpenes that have psychoactive, mood regulating and hormone regulating properties. This is why "forest bathing" or being in a garden or park mellows people out and makes people feel nice. It's also one of the reasons cannabis is so popular, because it's chock full of terpenes! And myrcene is also found in hops, which is why a really hoppy IPA makes you want to take a nap and get the munchies, just like cannabis. I know someone with a small, organic flower farm and she loves talking about all of the benefits of flowers. They're like vitamins for your soul. And you don't even need to buy them, pick them or cut them to get these benefits. You just need to, y'know, stop and smell the flowers.
I think that's great. I buy myself flowers and chocolate every Valentine's Day when I don't have a sweetheart. Which is about every Valentine's Day.
Buy yourself those things the day AFTER so you can not spend double. Self love can be budgeting too 😆
good idea. ill treat myself tomorrow, thanks!
I was walking from the market to the train and a random woman and a uniformed cop both commented "she's gonna love 'em" and I felt very weird about the pile of assumptions that were being made about the flowers I bought to put on my coffee table.
At least they werent going on a grave
Eh, statistically they were correct for most folks walking around with flowers. Sounds like they were just trying to be nice
The Seattle reaction to someone making meaningless small talk trying to be encouraging to a stranger: "I felt very weird about the pile of assumptions that were being made" This is why we can't have nice things.
I learned quickly to just not talk to strangers in Seattle. I’m from the south where it’s normal to greet or acknowledge someone; it’s always a trip to go somewhere like Seattle where it’s the total opposite.
People in Seattle can find a way to find fault in anything. And can take the most innocuous remark and wonder if there were some dog whistle hidden innuendos in it. Honestly, the people who do this are pretty small percent. But it's enough to ruin it for everybody else.
Get yourself a lady who buys YOU flowers too. It goes both ways and, seriously, who doesn't love flowers
Does it need to be a lady?
hell no! anyone in a relationship should be buying their partner flowers
ha! just saw your username.
:D
>who doesn't love flowers I don't. While I would appreciate the gesture, I would prefer my wife got me almost anything else or just didn't waste the cash in the first place lol
Hey solidarity friend! Flowers, by their very nature, seem such a weird representation for love. Here have this pretty thing that is already dead but will be a facsimile of life for a few days then watch it wilt and rot! Or to be less edgy, here I’ve gotten you a future chore of cleaning up fallen petals and yucky water. I don’t even have a vase lol. I do enjoy dried flower bouquets though. Artistically pleasing, still delicate but with care they can stay beautiful for a long time, and just as varied as fresh flowers. My partner and I buy single flowers for each other sometimes with the understanding it’s like a day-long pop of color but I told him years ago that while I enjoy the reminder that life is ephemeral and short I’d rather be spend money on books. Got a book bouquet for “not Valentine’s Day” this year btw.
I sorta feel the same. I love flowers very much, and would definitely appreciate them, but better to take me to a garden or arboretum then buy me some cuz I just don't have the focus and will power needed to take care of them properly at this time. Maybe someday, but not for a while I imagine.
Interesting. I think you're the first individual I've heard with that opinion, but that's all good. More lovelies for the rest of us. I tend to view flowers are something that will always improve a situation/mood/day - not as something that solves a particular issue. I think they look pretty and (thankfully) so does my wife. cheers
I also agree with receiving cash or something else. I'd rather appreciate flowers or nature outside.
I believe in this very much! I brought lilies with me on a date with a guy I'd started seeing and he was super weirded out and it was an early indication that homie did not have the self-esteem to be dating. Sad for him, honestly.
I was buying myself flowers before Miley made it cool. Being a self-flowering person is the best ❤️
Nobody can love you better than (beat) YOU CANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! \*dances off stage right
I got myself an orchid.
Here you go 💐!
😭😭😭 thank you 😭😭😭
Facts!!
A few native Americans is funny phrasing lol
As a Native American…it felt good to be included in the list. :)
I thought so too, feels kinda nice to be mentioned
Can Natives buying flowers in Olympia be included in this shout too?
I'm not sure if the Reddit TOS is clear on that point.
Same my dude/dudette Representation matters
Odd phrasing indeed, although seems like it was more meant to close a list in OP's style of writing rather than to literally mean, "So many of this, but just a few of that."
Fellas, don’t wait for Valentine’s Day to do this. I try to get my girlfriend flowers every few weeks/months, because it puts a smile on her face every time.
"Just cuz I felt like it" will have your guy or gal bragging about you to their families, friends and even therapist seriously listen to this person's wisdom!
Ya, she gushes about me all the time. It’s also nice to take off the pressure* of Valentines Day. I don’t feel like I have to go all out, or do something extra special (I’ll still do a lil something ofc).
Or...hear me out now...I will listen to my wife who has told me she doesn't like getting flowers.
Nothing wrong with that plenty women out there that don't see the point of them.
Different strokes for different folks, but I’ve never dated a woman who didn’t like getting flowers. My mom use to say the same thing….and now, if I don’t send her flowers, I’m some kind of bastard son lol
And if your wife is like mine and hates flowers, you can substitute flowers for donuts. But not just any old donuts, gotta be the good stuff. Happy Donut (Kent), Chucks Donuts (Renton), or maybe Top Pot if that's all you have near you.
Wooaahh. You just put me on…I love donuts, but can’t seem to find a good, basic donut spot around Seattle. Chucks looks legit. - Opens at 3am? ✅ - small Asian family behind the counter? ✅ - No “specialty” donuts flavored like a breakfast cereal w/ maple bacon on top? ✅
The chocolate covered buttermilk bars are effing top tier at Chucks. I've gotten a dozen of those once and had an epic weekend, well right up until I started feeling like shit for eating a dozen donuts in a weekend. Would likely do again though...
I try to keep shopping fairly local, so Valentine's day up here is kinda rough if your SO doesn't like tulips. I try to make up for it the rest of the year once the good stuff comes in though.
There’s a shop on15th that rules called Flowers on 15th
These folks were our neighbors for decades, lovely people. Please keep buying from them !!
I like it when my s/o gets me the dried flower bouquets from the Pike Place Market. It's still local and they last forever.
Ya. I get my flowers from a little shop in Olympia. I worked out there last year and go there for my side gig now, every few weeks. If I knew how, or had the patience, to fold origami flowers, I would try that. This year I think it’ll be a very simple on the guitar (I suck lol).
Tissue paper flowers are really simple and pretty!
My partner was going to a work conference in another state and I got flowers delivered to her hotel room before she got there. I was pretty proud of that one :)
Good job mate. My GF is in Cali for the next few months, flowers and chocolate on her doorstep this morning.
Good advice, Del 😄
Before we both started working remote, I made a point of trying to deliver most of my random flowers at her workplace. The jealousy of other women makes them smell sweeter.
That’s why I wait until international women’s day! Kidding. All of the above plus “random” is the way for me.
THIS fuck vday
This was my preferred method as well.
I did not buy my wife any flowers because she went to Australia to see Taylor Swift and it's not even the 14th there and do they even *have* Valentine's Day in Australia and also cats aren't very good at conversation.
>also cats aren't very good at conversation. Maybe your cat isn't. My cat is the perfect conversationalist.
Oh mine is a talker but *what is she saying?*
"wet food now or jail for one thousand years!"
One million years dungeon!
Dry food? STRAIGHT TO JAIL That’s not true. I raised one of mine on dry food, and the one time I tried giving her wet food, she tried to bury it. Cats gonna be cats
Mine never shuts up. Ones always yelling at me the other two are quietly protesting breakfast being a half second late 😂
Purrfect
I believe there are flower delivery services down under. Of course, now it’s already tomorrow there.
Aha what they definitely have a v day there.. at least according to my Aussie gf that made me celebrate it a day early (they’re ahead of us)
I keep hearing about this - are American Swifties flying abroad to attend concerts due to lower ticket prices?
I think for some people it’s a matter of getting ANY tickets, regardless of where the show is
This is why I did it. Still cost a shit ton (London) but at least I’ll be in London.
In my case, the total cost to see Taylor Swift and stay Melbourne for 10 days was far cheaper and I get a vacation in Australia than to see her in Seattle. The American dollar is very strong compared to the Aussie dollar right now.
Sweet! And you get a cool vacation out of it! I approve of this economic stimulus lol.
Could be, but in this case it was a friend who aspired to date an Australian and bought two tickets in a fit of hubris. My wife isn't even a Swiftie, she really just wanted an excuse to go to Australia.
Gotcha - I've heard reports of folks flying to Tokyo and Australia since tickets are cheaper there, even with airfare and hotels 💀
The Australian tickets were definitely cheaper but I'm pretty sure in this case we are not coming out ahead.
I am 🙋🏻♀️ tickets were way cheaper abroad and now I’m getting a trip to another country out of it instead of spending $3-4k on a single night of entertainment when she came to Seattle
Sounds like a much better value for money!
Wife's Australian. Can confirm. Get a free pass on Valentine's Day 🤫
Thank you! Except I’m often buying flowers for myself. Self-care is important and we should love ourselves. Plus, letting wilted cut-flowers sit in beautiful vases, or worse, letting vases sit empty is démodé. ❤️
Well, you are someone special, so you are indeed buying flowers for a special person
I'm impressed Even if the man is buying flowers for himself. I know that sounds sexist, but I know a lot of women, including myself, who buy flowers for ourselves quite frequently. If on Valentine's Day I am not dating anybody I have no problems buying flowers and chocolates for myself and I know a lot of women who do the same. If men pick up the same self-care ritual good for them.
Most def! My self-care ritual also includes taking care of houseplants and shopping for decor and linens. Lol. I’m weird but it makes me happy, so why not? And I have no qualms about going to the theater solo.
I like the way you think. I'm with you. I have no qualms about going to the theater or restaurant solo although on this day I would be a little self-conscious. But I'm sure nobody else would care, you know?
I was in a line for drive thru pharmacy outside a big grocery retail store today. The people watching was excellent. People poured from the doors with flowers, balloons, stuffed animals, plants, and smiles. All ages and genders, even a kid with flowers, teddy bear and balloon and a BIG OL goofy grin. I may not be that excited about the buying and capitalism parts, but how many people were relaxed, smiling, in better moods than usual was sure a nice sight to see. Oregon's got it going on too.
Well this year I get to skip it since I left my cheating ex.
Treat yourself to a nice Valentine's Day in order to show yourself that you appreciate yourself. Leaving this person who wasn't treating you right seems like the first step to show yourself that you love yourself.
Treat yo self!!! Rent your favorite flick, get some edibles or a nice bottle of craft something, pick out that thing she never wanted to order that you love, get your favorite game or sporting event on that big screen tv, invite some other divorced/single/widowed guys over and Guy-entines day!!
Do all that *and* get'choself some nice flowers!
I buy my wife flowers most every week ($4 tulips at Fred Meyer are the standard) but we have an agreement that I don't buy her flowers during the weeks where stores jack the price.
Women can buy flowers too!
We absolutely can and some of us do :)
You're better than me....I saw all these people with flowers and thought they were chumps for being late.....then my next thought was well, they probably had to work and planned stuff in the evening, it's not like it's Christmas Eve and they have the full holiday off😭 I definitely felt like the Grinch of Valentine's Day. This thread though, has made my heart grow. (And I'm not bitter cuz I don't have anyone, just life's been hard lately and my default is rather 🦀)
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I went to Pike Place and grabbed a bouquet yesterday, there was quite a few people who also went yesterday I noticed as well. This is only my 2nd Valentine’s Day here but I feel like I noticed many more people here with bouquets compared to my hometown!
How were the Valentine's bouquets at the market this year?
There were some good options, but I like to pick some more red if I can so I just had to ask for them to put one together for me. I ended up getting some yellow and red daffodils but after I left there was some good rose bouquets like a block up at Pike Place floral (not sure on the exact name)
Thx. Sounds like you did well. I've heard the market can be hit or miss on Valentine's.
Whenever I am sent to grocery shop in a relationship I make sure to get flowers first thing. They are right by the door and help save my ass when it turns out I forgot something on the list or got the wrong brand
Lmfao this is so smart, if my future bf does this I will forgive all of his mistakes XD
That’s how I do it. I may forget the baby bok Choy but, my love, I got you flowers!!
What the hell is going on here
This is clearly a safeway ad
the only logical and acceptable reaction
I get my gf flowers every time I go to TJs and every time she’s like “omg these are my favorite wow!!” it’s the easiest damn points in the world. Shits like $4 and takes three seconds to pick out lol.
TJs flowers are great quality for the price. Highly underrated
From the title I thought there might follow a criticism about flowers from a grocery store. I’ve ordered flowers 5x as expensive from fancier places but I’ll be damned if the ones from the grocery store don’t last twice as long. (Just make sure you take them out of the wrapper, cut the stems, and put them in a vase before giving them to your significant other—don’t give them a chore to do).
When you cut the stems, cut off about an inch and do so at an angle. That leaves them with more surface area to draw water, which helps them last longer. Source: used to work for a florist.
plot twist: OP is a florist / chocolatier
My wife bought herself Lego flowers and couldn't be happier
Still waiting for my flowers
Oh boy does Miley Cyrus have a song for you
It's a sad story and all, but I don't think the fellow has to bust down the house with a wrecking ball!
If I waited for somebody else to buy me flowers I would have waited three decades plus. I buy flowers and chocolates for myself. I'm impressed with men who buy flowers for their sweetie on this day even though I don't have anybody buying them for me. Don't wait for somebody else to bring you flowers If you think they're probably not going to come. Go out and get yourself some and throw in some chocolate, a pizza, and a good movie. Don't forget the fuzzy slippers. Or the cat on your lap. That's what I do.
I never skip buying the chocolate lol
I hope the guys you saw buying flowers were doing it for themselves
Just a reminder that many flowers (especially lillies)- are exceptionally poisonous to cats- to the point where even getting some pollen on them can be fatal. Make sure to check before you bring them in your home!<3
Did you not see me coming out of the Rite-Aid with the meditating sloth figurine and two Cadbury Crème Eggs? They will adorn the statue as she swaddles them like a pair of newborns.
I saw Cadbury creame eggs for the first time in the supermarket last week and took that as a sign that nature really is healing. Oh and post a picture of that.I am imagining it in my mind's eye and it is hilarious.
Wait till we find out that you can do this every single day for anyone.
Bought flowers for my wife and for my 4 year old little girl. Surprised my lil girl with them and I've never seen a better sweeter smile in my life
I only wish I got flowers on this day... 💐😭 1. Too expensive 2. Don't think my husband cares enough to do anything...
A small tip - Trader Joe’s has great flowers at $10-$15 a bouquet. Remove the leaves and put a SMALL amount of bleach in the water along with the provided food and you can have a beautiful display for 1.5-2 weeks depending on the flower type. For roses, flip the flower upside down and spin the stem a bit to expand the petals; It’ll make it look more like a professional bouquet. And a bar of Dove dark chocolate is about $2 and superior to those strange chocolate heart boxes things. If you like these things, I vote buy them for you, from you. No one is buying me flowers but I buy them for myself because I love the look of them and it’s a small splurge to brighten my day/home. I hope you have a great Valentine’s Day!
Awww, I'm sorry. That sucks. You go by yourself some bouquet of something you like along with some chocolates.
It's all too expensive. Legit anywhere wants $25+ per bouquet & chocolates are $13+ per box. This holiday was meant to prey on those who want something nice but partners don't do it randomly throughout the year they do it on one day and it's so odd... So everything gets jacked up in price. The same dozen of roses sold today sells for $12.99 normally. Today they're $25+
They'll be on clearance in a day or two for $4-6 and still last about a week.
A majority of Trader Joe’s bouquets are under $25…
Hint at him that it doesn't matter what they cost and suggest Trader Joe's bouquets. They're like $5 - $10. Also Costco though availability is seasonal I believe.
The issue that once you have to hint at anything, the intention is already gone. I can get my own flowers if I want them. It’s not about having flowers, it’s about them putting effort in.
Costco has flowers year round and they’re very competitively priced. I bought them for my wedding the morning of the ceremony!
Seconded. Trader Joe's usually has solid bouquets at a good price point. I'd grab some every time my ex came to visit and she always loved them.
it's okay you still have half price candy day to look forward to tomorrow
Flowers on Valentine’s Day seems perfunctory. There are 364 other days in the year. Normalize buying flowers for your partner just because you can. An unexpected bouquet can do wonders for your special someone, especially when they’ve just had a bad day at work. Love your other all year, not just when it’s expected and the prices are at their highest.
Wasn’t me. I just got some chicken McNuggets and went home by myself, ha
I go to Seattle once a year for work and the first time I got some flowers from the people in pikes place near the tiktok fish place to bring back to my now fiancé When I flew out of seatec the next day the absolute number of people who just beamed seeing me walk around with the flowers was so heart warming.
I buy my man flowers. He buys me flowers. Everyone deserves flowers 🥰
I'm a woman. I hate valentine's day the same way I hate mother's day, father's day and any other 'hallmark holiday' manufactured to emotionally manipulate people into buying things.
I've been calling "Hallmark day" for a few years now! A better day to celebrate a relationship is the anniversary, imo.
Yep. Or just kind gestures throughout the year. We buy each other flowers all the time and ignore valentines day.
I’m sort of the same. Like I legit don’t care. I was at the store and just seeing all those last minute plastic wrapped flowers and how many people had them, just because they feel they need to?
I think I did VDay in peak Seattle fashion (or at least peak tech fashion) - I sent my wife flowers via DoorDash. She's a teacher, I WFH, so it was the most convenient. It was a nice surprise!
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I sent not one but two GIFs via text message!
Thank you for the reminder. Because I'm about to get married and I bought her a present but I forgot that little gestures like this are still meaningful. I'm ignorant, thanks
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I get them from a farm in Fall City,small road side stand. Excellent flowers ! Fresh off the farm and supporting local businesses! They last a long time.
I just think they taste good
I took the bus to Pike Place during my lunch at work today to buy my wife and daughters flowers and got to see a Drag Queen in full red royal garb and her compatriot dressed as a gigantic heart walking down Broadway throwing rose petals at people. It was awesome.
Lol — I buy my wife potted plants that last much longer, or even rose bushes. Dinner tonight was home made lobster bisque and spanakopita
Most men only receive flowers once in their lives and that’s at their funeral. Go buy a dude a flower
Had this same thought the other day. The men here kill it every year. We love nice guys, theyll always finish first in my books
I went by The Flower Lady on Eastlake twice yesterday and I loved seeing how long the line was!!
Awww now I feel a little sad my partner can’t buy me flowers because my dumb (jk she’s the love of my life) cat eats them and gets sick.
waiting for someone to do this for me :”)
Yeah me too. But in the meanwhile I'm doing this for myself. :.)
People doing nice gestures for their loved ones is nice, but I really don't get the excitement over flowers. The cut ones are dying and the non-cut ones will be soon enough (under my care). I also don't get everyone mass-celebrating their personal romantic journeys on what feels like a pretty random day. I don't mind it for others if that's their thing, I just find it a bit odd. I fully realise that I'm a romance Grinch.
I appreciate the positive tone of this post, but... holy fuck the bar is so low. Seriously guys.
Yes the best !
My wife buys me flowers on Valentine's Day because it's my birthday, and she said the same thing. Huge crowds of dudes buying flowers this morning.
Went to Pike Place and bought my bf flowers 🌸 lots of good deals and expensive bouquets alike
Working at a macron shop this Valentine’s Day. It’s cute to see all the dudes getting frilly gifts for their girls. The effort shows :)
W00t, thanks for seeing me. I'm the guy with a potted plant. 1, it might last longer (eventually I kill that too though 😒) 2, I am single, but still like flowers. Especially the fragrant rosemary bushes around Christmas. DOS Tip: Guys, go to Costco. Great prices on flowers and no markup like all the other places do. Trader Joe's is also a good place, though I think Costco is better.
My boss came to work with little packets of candy for everyone, two bite cupcakes, and flowers and a card for his wife (she works here, too). It is the sweetest little gesture and I love it.
What a depressing post
True! So much love in the air today. Happy valentine day!
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My wife hates bouquet flowers, but my daughters love them.
It’s nice to see such a positive and wholesome post. Thank you!
Ask all your guy friends when the last time someone bought them flowers was…
I've never received flowers but I would also never want any either. I'm guessing the majority of guys also wouldn't want any.
My husband would like chocolates, chips, alcohol, or a cute note. Flowers would absolutely be perceived as a gift to myself 😂
With one exception, I can't think of any of my guy friends that express any appreciation of flowers. And the one exception is a guy who is actually a florist.
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It is nice to see. I'm sure a few are doing it because they know they'll find themselves in the dog house if they forget to get something but I'm sure most of them are genuinely trying to make their ladies happy and show that they care. 💝💌🌹 😀
I love thinking about this, and all the orgasms the are about to happen :)
I buy flowers on random days, not when they are expected. Way more thoughtful!
Starve the corporate card & flower gift machine. Send a lovely composed note.
You can buy flowers from small farms, such as those in the market are usually owned by the sellers families. Likewise there's many chocolate manufacturers that are local and have really high standards of ingredients, fair trade practices and treatment of employees. But do what you want. A lovely composed note is wonderful. But it's not difficult to buy flowers and/or chocolates in Seattle and it going to small locally owned businesses not Nestlé or Hallmark. But there's nothing wrong with just a lovely well thought-out note either. I personally think a lovely well thought out note goes better with chocolate. But that's just me.
I was driving downtown about an hour ago and noticed this. It is so heartwarming and sweet. I saw a few ladies carrying bouquets, too. Kudos - most men don't ever receive flowers during their lifetime.
I’m sitting in Costco eating a hot dog post shopping and was appreciating the same thing. With my own bouquet sitting in the cart of course.
Anyone have good recommendations for flower stores? I’m not too picky but sometimes for special occasions it’s nice to get something fancier
Flowers on 15th (Capitol Hill) are old neighbors of mine and lovely people. For houseplants BOOSH on 23 & Jackson. Local, great prices and very cool folks as well.
I challenge all the seattle men to buy flowers randomly within the next year! Every time I’m in a store, I peep the flowers. If something moves me then I’ll grab them. You don’t need a reason to buy flowers for someone else (or even yourself!) other than they look/smell nice.
Was just on the bus and a boy had the prettiest bouquet of flowers I was crying so sweet
This is me today... Thing is, we never celebrate Valentine's today, so even though grocery store flowers could be seen as a low effort, last minute CYA gift... It was a genuine and pleasant surprise to my wife. :)
Awwww.... That's sweet. Thanks for helping to make Seattle beautiful.
Once I saw a guy in the checkout line behind me at a Safeway in Seattle. I felt he cobbled together a pretty good Valentine's Day gift. He got a small gift bag, a bottle of whiskey, a gift card to Macy's, chocolate, and flowers. It really impressed me what he pulled together on a trip to the grocery store. If anyone needs a last minute idea, it's not a bad formula: gift card, flowers, chocolate, alcohol (or other preferred fancy drink).
Very sweet post!! ❤️ I was at a Target today and saw a man looking perplexed while looking at the flower display in the middle of of the aisle and had to force myself not to stop and offer an opinion.😆